Faces

December 14, 1989

FACES

* Kayse Hendry, an eighth-grader at Syms Middle School, won "Best in Show" in the art contest sponsored by the American Red Cross. Her poster, "Heroes Come in All Types - Give Blood," was unveiled during the dedication ceremony of the Hampton Chapter House, the new blood bank wing at the American Red Cross.

Kayse was presented a ribbon and a cash award at the cermony on Nov. 21. Her poster will remain on display at the new facility in the Red Cross building on Mercury Boulevard.

* Thirty-six members of the Denbigh High School Model United Nations team traveled to participate in the Prince William Model UN simulation at Gar-Field High School. Approximately 30 various honors were earned by the 20 participating high schools. Participants came from schools in Virginia, Maryland and New York state. Denbigh was honored by earning eight various awards. DHS students represented the nations of Senegal, Algeria, the People's Republic of China, Saudi Arabia and Denmark. There were representatives in all five various committees and Denbigh won honors in each one, including the top honor which was the Secretary General's Award. It went to the delegation representing the People's Republic of China and those delegates were Bryant Hunt, Jonathan Golub, Ben Spiker, Carol Smith, Jomo Stewart, Ngoc Tran, Jennifer Avery, Sam Wardell, Hua Lee, and David DePerro. In committees, this delegation won three honorable mentions in the International Court of Justice, the Security Council and in the First Committee. Billy Isaccs and Brad Messmer, representing Algeria, also were honored with a committee honorable mention. Senegal was a winner of an honorable mention award in the Social and Humanitarian Council and it was represented by Brad Anderson and Yong Song. During the final award ceremonies program, China's written foreign policy position paper was considered one of the three top ones written. The entire delegation of Senegal was awarded a Certificate of Recognition of their work in each of the five councils. Those receiving honors were David Bradley, Ronda David, Jonas Linde, Tamara Young, Courtney Lee, Will McKee, Yong Song and Brad Anderson.